Landscape with Two Trees

c. 1558

Giovanni Battista Pittoni

Associated Names
Giovanni Battista Pittoni

Artist, Italian, c. 1520 - 1583

The image is an etching showing an elevated panoramic view. Two tall trees frame a coastal town, with a bridge, boats in the bay, and various architectural structures. Hills and buildings are visible further away. The sky has swirling clouds created through etching strokes. The artwork's color palette is monochrome, emphasizing light and shadow contrasts in typical etched print style.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching with engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 21.5 × 31.4 cm (8 7/16 × 12 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 21.7 × 31.7 cm (8 9/16 × 12 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2016.151.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Le Blanc 1854-1888, no. 6 (series)

  • Series Title

    Six Landscapes of the Surroundings of Naples

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Antiquarius srl, Rome); purchased 2016 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1854

  • Le Blanc, Charles. _Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant le dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations, dans lequel sont decrites les estampes rares, precieuses et interessantes avec l'indication de leurs differents etats et des prix auxquels: no. 6 (series)

1860

  • Passavant, Johann David. Le peintre-graveur, contenant l'histoire de la gravure sur bois, sur metalet au buring jusque vers la fin du XVI siecle .... 6 vols. Leipzig: Rudolph Weigel, 1860-1864: no. 6 (series)

Inscriptions

lower right in image: B.P.; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: Battista Pittoni [not deciphered] / 28

Wikidata ID

Q77112254

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